GNU bug report logs - #2588
23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 9084, 17831

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.4.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 2588 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 2588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.90; Man buffer improperly formatted - wrong width
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:22:09 -0500

> M-x set-variable RET pop-up-frames RET t
> 
> Resize the current frame so that it is, say, only 30 chars wide.
> 
> M-x man RET bash RET
> 
> Buffer *Man bash* is shown in a new frame. The frame has the usual
> default width of 80 chars.  But the text of the buffer is formatted to
> be only 30 chars wide.

Doing what you want is not a trivial to man.el, I think.  You can change
the `Man-width' options if you want to fix the width.
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